Tim Huelskamp

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden kept his dignity. Will Paul Ryan be able to do the same?

The two top Irish-Americans in politics have been the stars of Indecision 2015, this fall's double-bill of painful public agonizing.

Many Democrats had been urging Biden, already a heartbeat from the presidency, to run for the top job. Many Republicans have been encouraging Ryan, who unsuccessfully ran for Biden's job in 2012, to run for speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency.

Biden, mourning his son's death, wavered and waffled -- until it was too late. On Wednesday in the Rose Garden, with his wife and President Obama on either side, Biden finally silenced the...

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